Loan IQ Specialist London, England
Job description
Loan IQ Specialist
London
As a Barclays Loan IQ Specialist this is an exciting opportunity where you will be working within the core lending Platform division of Wholesale Lending technology department assisting various critical Operational functions such as Loans trading, Loans settlements, payments, validation and transfer for settlement, back-office data distribution to external and various internal departments.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality, and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.
We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We’re flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month, or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally can request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.
What will you be doing?
• Supervising, coordinating, and assisting developers in their day-to-day tasks as appropriate, resolving issues or escalating in a timely manner
- Assisting developers in technical investigation of existing systems to understand current state and requirements
- Performing code reviews to ensure implemented functionality matches expectations and is in line with coding standards defined globally
- Playing an active role in hiring/mentoring/coaching/training and development of team members
- Managing strategic initiative programs and regulatory/business required projects
- Establishing and leading the team governance model
- Providing the weekly project status reports to senior management
What we’re looking for:
• Significant Experience in software development
- Experience in team management
- Knowledge of Finastra application Loan IQ
- Extensive working knowledge of Java, Shell scripting, relational databases (Oracle, SQL server etc.)
• Knowledge of investment banking products and market
- Significant knowledge of software development using agile methodologies
- Good interactive and rapport building skills; ability to influence and command respect through actions
- Commitment to meet project timelines
Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as: a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.
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